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Unpack – Misused word for analyze, consider, assess. Concepts or positions are not packed, so they don’t need to be unpacked.

Tons – Refers to an exaggerated quantity, as in tons of sunshine or tons of work. ‘Lots’ would surely suffice.

Dish – As in to dish out the latest rumor on someone. Let’s go back to ‘talks about’ and leave dishes in the cupboard.

Pre-owned – What is so disgraceful about owning a used car now and then?

Onboarding / Offboarding – Creature from the HR Lagoon. We used to have hiring, training and orientation. Now we need to have an “onboarding” process. Firings, quitting, and retirements are streamlined into “offboarding.”
Nothingburger – Says nothing that ‘nothing’ doesn’t already. I’ll take a quarter-pound of something in mine.
Let that sink in – One could say shocking, profound, or important. Let that sink in.

Covfefe – An impulsive typo, born into a 140-character universe, somehow missed by the autocorrect feature.

Drill Down – Instead of expanding on a statement, we “drill down on it.”

Fake News – Once upon a time stories could be empirically disproved. Now ‘fake news’ is any story you disagree with.
Hot Water Heater – Hot water does not need to be heated. ‘Water heater’ or ‘hot water maker’ will keep us out of hot water.

Gig Economy – Gigs are for musicians and stand-up comedians. Now expanded to imply a sense of freedom and a lifestyle that rejects tradition in a changing economic culture. Runs a risk of sharecropping.

Dish – As in to dish out the latest rumor on someone. Let’s go back to ‘talks about’ and leave dishes in the cupboard.

I would say that "dish" has connotations that "talk about" lacks. As the listmakers themselves say, it implies gossip etc. So yes, you could just say "talk about", but it might lack that little something extra.

Nothingburger – Says nothing that ‘nothing’ doesn’t already. I’ll take a quarter-pound of something in mine.

Well, we do have a bit of a tradition in English of framing insults in a larger, albeit nonsensical, context. For example "You need to drink a nice tall glass of shut the f*** up". Of course, "shut the f*** up" gets the message across just as clearly, and there's no logical reason for the metaphor to be drinking, but it's still generally considered funnier.

^No I'm rather intrigued by Trump. He's a loose cannon and provides lots of thrills and spills. One day you laugh at him next day WTF, full of surprises. I like his wife, like to see how she dresses and interacts with people especially kids. The world has survived worse than the Trump's and he can always be voted out in the next election cycle.

^No I'm rather intrigued by Trump. He's a loose cannon and provides lots of thrills and spills. One day you laugh at him next day WTF, full of surprises. I like his wife, like to see how she dresses and interacts with people especially kids. The world has survived worse than the Trump's and he can always be voted out in the next election cycle.

But using your logic, Hillary Clinton has already been 'voted out'.

And Obama, technically, can never be voted in. Plus it is your hero Trump who brings up Obama's name more often than necessary.